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I don't see the "for Hackers" angle in this article. Yes, you can think through problems while lifting but that's hardly unique to weight lifting. Ditto for b
by jadence 17y ago
I don't see the "for Hackers" angle in this article.
Yes, you can think through problems while lifting but that's hardly unique to weight lifting. Ditto for books on tape.
I'm not hating on weight lifting here (I've been lifting consistently for 9+ years) but I just don't see this as being Hacker News.
PS - I think you meant to write "read" instead of "ready" here:
"In particular, the Freakonomics audio books are quite good as they are ready by the author, as is Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell."
- marknutter 17y agoThe "for Hackers" angle is in the fact that most hackers (and I admit I'm generalizing here) don't lift weights regularly. He's basically saying, "if you have written off weightlifting because you think it's just about vanity or because the gym is full of asshole jocks, you might want to reconsider because it can actually help your confidence in business, help you to solve problems, and isn't that hard to get into after all."
- philk 17y agoI think it's mostly a gimmick to make this article popular on sites like HN. In a similar vein, stay tuned for my next two articles "Making a sandwich for Hackers" and "Cleaning your bathroom for Hackers".
- marknutter 17y agoFor sure. I can think of no better traffic for a site's google adsense revenues than the highly tech savvy and ad-wary HN crowd... To reiterate my point, making sandwiches and cleaning bathrooms is something most hackers do regularly. Lifting weights is not. A better analogy would be a "learning calligraphy for hackers" article that explained how learning calligraphy can be a benefit to hackers and how, given hacker's programming knowledge, one should go about it.
- starkfist 17y ago? I've never met a hacker who regularly cleaned a bathroom.